Quite Frankly Ep. 2: Top 10 CIA Ops, Esoteric Hollywood, and More, ft. Jay Dyer

Frankie Val welcomes author and philosopher Jay Dyer for a mind-bending second episode of Quite Frankly on Badlands, diving deep into the top 10 most shocking CIA operations ever declassified, and how they continue to shape society, media, and the modern mind. From MK Ultra and Operation Mockingbird to Project Stargate and Northwoods, Jay breaks down the mechanics of elite manipulation, mind control, and how fiction is used to program perception.

The conversation expands into Dyer’s upcoming book Esoteric Hollywood 3, where he dissects films like The Prestige, The Fountain, Watchmen, and Total Recall, showing how movies quietly encode spiritual deception, transhumanism, and the technocratic worldview. They explore reincarnation, cloning conspiracies, celebrity body doubles, and whether space exploration is more propaganda than science.

Frank and Jay also dig into Richard Day's infamous 1969 lecture, the eerie accuracy of Brave New World, and whether artificial wombs and brainless body farms signal a truly post-human agenda. With humor, insight, and eerie precision, this conversation unearths the real stories hiding beneath the silver screen, and behind the CIA curtain. A must-watch for seekers, skeptics, and anyone wondering if the illusion is the real magic trick.